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Bill Miller's Mission Dall's Sheep

Weight Loss Contest Winner

September 23, 2009

You’re not going to believe how close the contest was for guessing how much weight Bill lost. Bill lost 37 pounds, and TWO people guessed exactly 37 pounds:
Pamela Chamberlain
Jim Yeager
Congrats to both winners! Rather than flipping a coin, we’ll just give you both prizes. We’ll follow up directly with you two. And let us offer [...]

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Mission Accomplished!

August 27, 2009

I’m writing this installment of the Mission Dall’s Sheep blog on the flight home from Fairbanks, Alaska, and I’m happy to report, “Mission Accomplished!”
On Wednesday evening August 26, I took a Dall’s ram that later was verified at Fish & Game check-in as 14 years old. He was heavily-broomed on both horns which each measured [...]

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Taking Off the Weight

August 18, 2009

Well, we’ve kept everyone in suspense until the end.  Did I hit my weight loss goal before heading to the mountains on Mission Dall’s Sheep? What was the final weight?
As you may recall, I started at 242 pounds on Feb. 1. The goal weight was 195 for a total loss of 47 pounds.
At the final [...]

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SPOT Revisited

July 22, 2009

Though I wrote about my “electronics” considerations for the trip a while back, I didn’t get around to picking up the SPOT messenger until last weekend.  What a cool device and concept.
Basically, when you turn SPOT on it first finds your GPS coordinates. Then with the basic service (the package I bought) you have three [...]

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The Inspiration in Visualization

July 1, 2009

Video 10: Running On The Road
What’s kept me getting up at 4:16 a.m. most mornings, what’s made me go just “five minutes more” on the treadmill, what’s made me pick up that pack and go hiking when there were 10 other things I should be doing and five I wanted to be doing – is [...]

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Thank Heavens for Retired Friends

June 29, 2009

Something that every busy hunter today needs is at least one retired buddy who loves to shoot. Thanks to my good friend Mike Larsen who is retired from a 30-plus year career at Federal Cartridge, my T/C ICON .30-06 is ready for the Mission Dall Sheep hunt that’s almost here.
Mike heads to the rifle range [...]

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The Gear Pile

June 19, 2009

Video 9: From Quebec
I used to brag I could be ready to go hunting anywhere in North America for any critter in 20 minutes or less. Anywhere in the world in a half hour! My basement lair still has the framework to get it done … all the labeled, see-through plastic bins with covers; the [...]

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How’s The Rifle Shooting?

June 6, 2009

Since we posted the video blogs about building the Thompson/Center ICON .30-06 at the factory, there’s a new most-frequently-asked question. It is: “How’s the rifle shooting?”
Well, my buddy Mike has put about 200 rounds through it now and here’s what we’ve seen so far:
To date he’s tested Federal and Fusion factory loads with 8 different [...]

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Pondering Electronics

June 5, 2009

I know, I know … the very notion of pondering what “electronics” I’m going to take on the Dall’s Sheep hunt likely has Jack O’Connor spinning in his grave! Fact is, it even makes me a little queasy to admit it, but this is 2009. There are a few devices that can give “piece of [...]

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Spring Is Hunting Season, Too

May 26, 2009

Well, turkey season is done. I ended up with three more notches in the box call and counted coup on four more gobblers––everything except dropping the hammer.  That’s part and parcel to hunting for television, though. If I suspect the camera might not be seeing what I’m seeing, I have to let ‘em walk or [...]

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